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DEAR RUSTY: Does everyone need to sign up for Medicare Part A, even if you are ex-military? Or only on Medicaid, regardless of whether you are eligibl...

ASK RUSTY: I am writing to ask for your advice on when I should sign up or enroll in a Medicare Plan. I have submitted an early retirement application...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — On April 10, U.S. Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., introduced the School Meal Modernization and Hunger Elimination Act, legislation that...

If the federal government wants to keep Medicare and Social Security intact for the next 75 years, it will need an extra $78.2 trillion in cash that i...

DEAR RUSTY: I am going to be 67 in a few weeks and I plan on working for another year or two. According to Social Security, they count the best 35 yea...

When COVID-19 first tore through our nursing homes five years ago, I’ll never forget seeing the photo Shanrika Nelson, a certified nursing assistant a...

DEAR RUSTY: My wife and I are collecting Social Security. We both started receiving SS at 62 years old. That said, we get by on a tight budget. A reti...

(TNS) — Several significant policy changes affecting Social Security recipients and applicants get underway this month. One of the changes is designed...

Every day, more than 400,000 of our fellow Pennsylvanians — our elderly parents, disabled children and chronically ill friends — struggle to find the ...

DEAR RUSTY: Is there any way I can get out of paying the $185/month I am told will be taken out of my Social Security for Medicare Part B when I turn ...

SMETHPORT — Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) of McKean County is seeking community members willing to advocate for abused and neglected childr...

DEAR RUSTY: If a financially well-off individual had multiple ex-spouses, could it happen that the multiple ex-spouses could each be collecting Social...

HARRISBURG — Nearly five years after the COVID-19 pandemic depressed daycare availability, costs and labor participation are on the rise. This, accord...

DEAR RUSTY: I'm 72 years old with 20 years of military service. I am retired collecting Social Security, my military pension and state retirement bene...

An estimated 3 million New Yorkers on Medicaid or the state-run Essential Plan don’t have incomes low enough to be using the programs, according to a ...

HARRISBURG — Nearly 3,000 additional Pennsylvania seniors will benefit from the Senior Food Box Program under new income guidelines announced by the U...

DEAR RUSTY: I just learned that if I served in the military during an active-duty period, I could get extra earnings for Social Security and that thes...

HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania’s work requirement waiver for food stamps now lasts through Aug. 31, 2025. This is despite recent urging from Republican Hou...

HARRISBURG — State Rep. Mike Armanini, R-DuBois, recently presented Cecilia Bienkowski, who is retiring after 34 years of service in the Elk County As...

WASHINGTON — In honor of National Kinship Care Month, U.S. Sen. Bob Casey, D-Pa., chairman of the U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging, launched a n...